Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

That is good to hear. We may bring Hedgerows Ireland before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action at some point to speak further about it. Others may speak on how hedgerows enhance practices on the farm. What we are trying to solve here in many ways is a real challenge for farmers throughout the country. We know many of them are struggling. We think there is an obvious way to provide value to farmers through existing hedgerows and potential new hedgerows. The CAP strategic plan has been mentioned. I do not think the door on that has closed. If we make enough noise about it, we can provide further value to farmers. There is money in Europe and we should really be putting up our hands for it. It seems that farmers can benefit to a far greater degree than they have in the past from various eco-schemes in the two pillars. The witnesses might address this if they can shed further light on it, if they want to come back on their experiences on their own farms.